The terror gangs headed by Al Qaeda are now publishing another online magazine to accompany their Voice of Jihad: Al-Battar Training Camp – A Magazine Published by the Military Committee of the Mujahideen in the Arabian Peninsula. Voice of Jihad focuses on Islamic holy war ideology; Al Battar gets down on the killing floor, with practical techniques for turning Muslim kids into cold-blooded jihadi killers.

Al-Battar’s Mission

The introduction to the issue states: “Preparing [for Jihad] is a personal commandment that applies to every Muslim even when Jihad [itself] is a commandment applying [only] to all Muslims as a community, and all the more so at this time, when [Jihad] has become also a commandment applying to every Muslim personally with the aim of repelling the aggressive enemy who has invaded the Muslim land.

“Because many of Islam’s young people do not yet know how to bear arms, not to mention use them, and because the agents of the Cross are hobbling the Muslims and preventing them from planning [Jihad] for the sake of Allah – your brothers the Mujahideen in the Arabian peninsula have decided to publish this booklet to serve the Mujahid brother in his place of isolation, and he will do the exercises and act according to the military knowledge included within it …

“These are times of Jihad and preparation for Jihad. In the time of the Mongol invasion, it didn’t help the residents of Baghdad that most of them were clerics and educators … ”

In an editorial, Abu Thabit Al-Najdi wrote: “ … The Al-Battar Training Camp is a new magazine of the military committee of the Al-Qa’ida organization in the Saudi peninsula … and it is given as a gift to the youth of Islam whose hearts burn in support of the religion by means of Jihad for the sake of Allah.”

Spreading Military Culture to the Youth

“The basic idea is to spread military culture among the youth with the aim of filling the vacuum that the enemies of the religion have been seeking to expand for a long time. Allah willing, the magazine will be simple and easy, and in it, my Muslim brother, you will find basic lessons in the framework of a military training program, beginning with programs for sports training, through types of light weapons and guerilla group actions in the cities and mountains, and [including] important points in security and intelligence, so that you will be able … to fulfill the religious obligation that Allah has set upon you … “